Learn more about the history of escape rooms Escape rooms are a relatively new form of entertainment that originated in Japan in the early 2010s. The first escape room was created by a company called SCRAP, which started out by organizing real-life adventure games in which participants solved puzzles and challenges in order to escape a locked room. The room was called "The Real Escape Game," and it was held in a warehouse in Tokyo. The game required participants to solve a series of puzzles and challenges in order to escape from a locked room within a set time limit. Their...